Fact Check: The claim that giving honey to the child at bedtime will help in getting rid of the habit of urinating in sleep is wrong, Dr told the truth.

Small children often urinate in bed. Especially when the child is in very deep sleep, he/she is unable to get up and wets the bed. For this, parents take different measures, which are sometimes successful and sometimes not. In a video on YouTube, it has been claimed that with the help of honey, a child can get rid of the habit of urinating.
@QadriHealthcare In a video published on the channel named, it has been claimed that giving honey to the child helps in getting rid of the habit of urinating in sleep. However, when the Vigilant team fact-checked this claim, it turned out to be false. To know the truth, we found out from the doctor ourselves whether it is really possible to help a child get rid of the habit of urinating in sleep by giving him/her honey.

Claim to get rid of habit of urination with honey

A user has shared a video on YouTube, in which it is told that children should be given a spoonful of honey to lick while sleeping. By doing this regularly, children will lose the habit of urinating in their sleep within a few days. Generally, expert children are forbidden to lick honey. In such a situation, it is important for us to check facts, so that the correct information can reach the people.

The doctor told the whole truth

To find out the truth of the claim that children can be freed from the habit of wetting the bed by making them lick honey before sleeping, we Dr Deepak Sarin, Consultant Pediatrics, Karuna Hospital, Dilshad Garden, Delhi Contacted. The doctor completely rejected this claim and called it a myth.

Doctor Sarin said that children urinating on the bed at night is a common problem. It is completely normal for children to wet the bed till the age of 6 years. This gets better with age. Still, if questions come to your mind, you should contact a doctor. Making children lick honey while sleeping is not the solution to the problem.

Fact Check’s conclusion

The fact check conducted by the Sajag team revealed that the video on YouTube in which it is being said that a child can be cured of the habit of urinating in sleep by making him/her lick honey, is wrong. Users should be careful of such misleading things and stay in touch with a good doctor.